The Tower’s entirely orange lighting configuration used to mark Texas Independence Day is reserved for special occasions like the university’s birthday on Sept. 15, when a Texas Athletics team wins a Big 12 Championship, commencement, Academic Convocation, and Honors Day, among others.

As the Class of 2014 prepared to leave the Forty Acres with diplomas in hand, the Tower displayed a “14” in its windows alongside the full burn-orange lighting to honor the graduating class two nights in a row.

SUMMER

At night when the Tower is lit or during the day when its stature reflects in the turtle pond, the landmark makes for a great photo op. Share your pictures of the #UTTower on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Complete with a “14” displayed in the windows, the tower’s burnt-orange glow filled the sky two consecutive nights in early December to honor the Class of 2014 graduates departing the Forty Acres.

]]>http://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/12/16/2014-ut-tower-lightings/feed/0Tower Shines May 31 For McCombs National Championshttp://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/05/31/tower-shines-may-31-for-mccombs-national-champions/
http://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/05/31/tower-shines-may-31-for-mccombs-national-champions/#commentsSat, 31 May 2014 16:15:03 +0000Drew Carlshttp://www.utexas.edu/know/?p=35111On Saturday, May 31, the university honors reQwip and Prepify, both McCombs School of Business student team national champions, with a Tower lighting.

reQwip won first place at The Next Play Venture Tournament, a national competition for student-led business plans that aim to make the sports industry more sustainable. reQwip is a startup founded by Dan Driscoll (MBA and MA in Advertising, ’14), Albert Swantner (BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering, ’09) and Kate Dailey (wife of Doug Herling, MBA, ’15); the team also includes Andoni Mendoza (Computer Science, ’15).

Prepify won the Walmart-Net Impact “Better Living” Business Plan Challenge hosted by Net Impact, a nonprofit membership organization for students and professionals interested in using business skills in support of various social and environmental causes. Prepify is a project created by Texas MBA students who took a corporate social responsibility class at McCombs.

Longhorn Powerlifting captured its second straight men’s national championship the weekend of April 11-13.

Texas Rock Climbing won its third straight national championship the weekend of April 18-19.

Texas Fight!

The orange Tower also recognizes President’s Staff Award Winners, including more than 800 employees with 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45 years of service with the university. Outstanding staff, supervisors and student employees are also honored.

[Photo credit: International Quidditch Association/Ben Holland]

]]>http://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/05/07/may-7-tower-lighting-for-recsports-champions/feed/5May 6 Tower Lighting for Mathematics Prof Caffarellihttp://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/05/06/may-6-tower-lighting-for-mathematics-prof-caffarelli/
http://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/05/06/may-6-tower-lighting-for-mathematics-prof-caffarelli/#commentsTue, 06 May 2014 14:20:45 +0000Tracy Muellerhttp://www.utexas.edu/know/?p=34793The May 6 Tower lighting accompanies a President’s Reception to honor Luis A. Caffarelli, a professor of mathematics. Caffarelli won the 2014 American Mathematical Society Leroy P. Steele Prize and is being recognized for his lifetime achievement and seminal contribution to research in mathematics.
]]>http://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/05/06/may-6-tower-lighting-for-mathematics-prof-caffarelli/feed/2May 5 Tower Honors Chemistry Professor Willsonhttp://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/05/05/may-5-tower-honors-chemistry-professor-willson/
http://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/05/05/may-5-tower-honors-chemistry-professor-willson/#commentsMon, 05 May 2014 15:12:09 +0000Tracy Muellerhttp://www.utexas.edu/know/?p=34775The University of Texas Tower will be lit May 5, accompanying a President’s Reception to honor C. Grant Willson. Willson is a professor of chemistry and chemical engineering and a winner of the 2013 Japan Prize, an international award similar to the Nobel Prize. He earned the award for his development of a process that is now used to manufacture nearly all of the microprocessors and memory chips in the world.
]]>http://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/05/05/may-5-tower-honors-chemistry-professor-willson/feed/4Tower Lights to Darken May 2 for UT Remembershttp://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/05/02/tower-lights-to-darken-may-2-for-ut-remembers/
http://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/05/02/tower-lights-to-darken-may-2-for-ut-remembers/#commentsFri, 02 May 2014 15:53:05 +0000Tracy Muellerhttp://www.utexas.edu/know/?p=34726On Friday, May 2, the Tower at The University of Texas at Austin will be darkened at dusk in remembrance of members of the university community who died in the past year.

The flags on the main mall will be lowered, and a 2 p.m. UT Remembers service will honor students, current and retired faculty and staff who died.

]]>http://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/05/02/tower-lights-to-darken-may-2-for-ut-remembers/feed/1April 16 Tower Lighting Honors The Daily Texanhttp://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/04/15/april-16-tower-lighting-honors-the-daily-texan/
http://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/04/15/april-16-tower-lighting-honors-the-daily-texan/#commentsTue, 15 Apr 2014 22:59:49 +0000Tracy Muellerhttp://www.utexas.edu/know/?p=34531The University of Texas Tower will be lit April 16 in recognition of student newspaper The Daily Texan’s outstanding achievements at the College Media Association’s annual convention in New York City. The Texan won the top award as the Best Newspaper at a four-year-school with more than 10,000 students. To be considered for the award, the newspaper submitted their 50-year anniversary coverage of the JFK assassination.

]]>http://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/04/15/april-16-tower-lighting-honors-the-daily-texan/feed/1Tower Darkens March 29 for Earth Hourhttp://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/03/28/tower-darkens-march-29-for-earth-hour/
http://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/03/28/tower-darkens-march-29-for-earth-hour/#commentsSat, 29 Mar 2014 01:28:44 +0000Tracy Muellerhttp://www.utexas.edu/know/?p=34226Saturday night the familiar glow of the UT Tower goes black in a display of solidarity with Earth Hour — a global event that raises awareness about humanity’s collective impact on the planet and how we can make a positive difference towards its preservation.

Today marks the fifth year that UT has participated in Earth Hour. Those wishing to participate more fully at work or at home are encouraged to turn off all nonessential lights to raise support for energy conservation.

Earth Hour was conceived in 2007 as a simple way to engage people in the issue of climate change. It has since expanded into a global phenomena that includes hundreds of millions of people. Organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature, the movement emphasizes the need for climate change awareness to extend beyond the day of the event and into the daily concerns of individuals and communities.

]]>http://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/03/28/tower-darkens-march-29-for-earth-hour/feed/0March 20 Tower Lighting Honors Outstanding Faculty and Staffhttp://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/03/20/march-20-tower-lighting-honors-outstanding-faculty-and-staff/
http://www.utexas.edu/know/2014/03/20/march-20-tower-lighting-honors-outstanding-faculty-and-staff/#commentsThu, 20 Mar 2014 22:38:11 +0000Tracy Muellerhttp://www.utexas.edu/know/?p=34076The University of Texas Tower will glow orange March 20 in honor of three important awards bestowed by the university to deserving faculty and staff members:

Civitatis Award

Presented to a faculty member who has shown exemplary campus citizenship throughout a career of service at the university.

Lawrence D. Abraham, associate dean in the School of Undergraduate Studies and professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education in the College of Education